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05.03.07
Optimize Windows XP by disabling Unnecessary Services
 By Lucian Apostol
Some of the services expose your computer to attacks, allowing remote
users to access your computer.
To access services, go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and run
Services, you will get a list with all services, with status and
description for each.
You can go trough each service and read the description, all are self
explanatory, you don't need much knowledge to understand what each means,
but i will give you a list with some Services that you can disable without
any problems.
1. Alerter
Notifies selected users and computers of administrative alerts. If the
service is stopped, programs that use administrative alerts will not
receive them. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly
depend on it will fail to start.
I don't think it is necessary for a computer to continuously annoy user
with alerts.
2. Application Layer Gateway Service
Provides support for 3rd party protocol plug-ins for Internet Connection
Sharing and the Internet Connection Firewall
If you want to share your internet connections leave it on, but i don't
think you want to share your connection with others, because almost all
internet service providers don't want their users to share internet, and
companies or big networks which want to share connection use routers which
are cheap.
3. Automatic Updates
Enables the download and installation of critical Windows updates. If the
service is disabled, the operating system can be manually updated.
How many times you found automatic updates necessary ? Microsoft software
will always have problems, when they try to fix something they will make
other security holes, if you want to be secure, you should use a
firewall.
4. Background Intelligent Transfer Service
Uses idle network bandwidth to transfer data.
This will work well for automatic updates, but are you sure you want that
your computer to connect to internet and download stuff that you don't
want to ?
5. ClipBook
Enables ClipBook Viewer to store information and share it with remote
computers. If the service is stopped, ClipBook Viewer will not be able to
share information with remote computers. If this service is disabled, any
services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
This will share your clipboard with other computers on the network,
seriously, why would you want to do this ?
6. Computer Browser
Maintains an updated list of computers on the network and supplies this
list to computers designated as browsers. If this service is stopped, this
list will not be updated or maintained. If this service is disabled, any
services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
If you frequently copy files from other computers in your network, don't
disable it, else, it is waste of resources.
7. Cryptographic Services
Provides three management services: Catalog Database Service, which
confirms the signatures of Windows files; Protected Root Service, which
adds and removes Trusted Root Certification Authority certificates from
this computer; and Key Service, which helps enroll this computer for
certificates. If this service is stopped, these management services will
not function properly. If this service is disabled, any services that
explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
This is used when you want to pass certificates to the network. Unless you
are in a large corporate network you don't need this.
8. Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Coordinates transactions that span multiple resource managers, such as
databases, message queues, and file systems. If this service is stopped,
these transactions will not occur. If this service is disabled, any
services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
This is used only if you want to access filesystems and databases on the
network.
9. Error Reporting Service
Allows error reporting for services and applications running in
non-standard environments.
Probably you have seen enough times the dialog box with "send error
report" on it.
10. Help and Support
Enables Help and Support Center to run on this computer. If this service
is stopped, Help and Support Center will be unavailable. If this service
is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to
start.
How many times you got help from their help and service center ?
11 IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service
Manages CD recording using Image Mastering Applications Programming
Interface (IMAPI). If this service is stopped, this computer will be
unable to record CDs. If this service is disabled, any services that
explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
Don't turn this off if you have CD writer attached on your computer.
12. Messenger
Transmits net send and Alerter service messages between clients and
servers. This service is not related to Windows Messenger. If this service
is stopped, Alerter messages will not be transmitted. If this service is
disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
This don't have anything in common with Windows Messenger or any other
Messenger client. It is used to send messages trough network.
13. NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
Enables an authorized user to access this computer remotely by using
NetMeeting over a corporate intranet. If this service is stopped, remote
desktop sharing will be unavailable. If this service is disabled, any
services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
Do you want other computers from your network or from internet to access
the desktop of your computer ? if yes, don't disable this, else do this
for security.
14. Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Manages and controls Remote Assistance. If this service is stopped, Remote
Assistance will be unavailable. Before stopping this service, see the
Dependencies tab of the Properties dialog box.
Again, if you want to connect to this computer from other place, change
your operating system.
15. Remote Registry
Enables remote users to modify registry settings on this computer. If this
service is stopped, the registry can be modified only by users on this
computer. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend
on it will fail to start.
I don't think you want to change your registry from other computer.
16. Wireless Zero Configuration
Provides automatic configuration for the 802.11 adapters
If you don't have an wireless connection, disable this. But, i tell you
from my experience, the first thing my wireless internet service provider
administrator told me to do was to disable Wireless zero configuration, in
this way, the connection will work better.
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